This advanced tool helps researchers quickly analyze crystal quality, strain, and doping levels in semiconductor samples and wafers. The microscope features an extended-range scanning stage that ...

The unique properties of silicon make it particularly suited to be the foundational material for semiconductor production. Wafer: A wafer is a circular slice of machined silicon. Semiconductor ...

Within the semiconductor industry, there is a continual demand for integrated circuits (IC) that exhibit higher performance at a lower cost than its predecessors. Wafer metrology tools are used to ...

[Zach] also has an atomic force microscope, which he used to make these beautiful images. The first step is to coat a wafer with a layer of e-beam resist. [Zach] used PMMA, commonly known as ...

new 300 mm x 300 mm and multi-sample 2-inch-wafer stages are now available. The 5600LS AFM provides researchers a perfect tool for many nanotechnology applications, including semiconductor ...

Japanese silicon wafer manufacturer Sumco has announced plans to cease silicon wafer production at its Miyazaki plant in ...